Sannyasini Gauri Mata Puri Devi: A Monastic Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

This is an account of Sannyasini Gauri Mata Puri Devi, also known as Gauri Ma. She was the only woman monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and a close companion of Sri Sri Sarada Devi. At Sri Ramakrishna's behest, she dedicated her life, strengthened and purified by intense austerities, to the service of women. She founded an ashram for women in 1895, the Sri Saradeshwari Ashram with headquarters in Calcutta. Gauri Ma's life was the inspiration that lead to the establishment of Mothers Trust/Mothers Place, an ashram in Michigan. www.motherstrust.org